i. the week's top stories here on r.t. terror probe while police investigate the brutal slaying of a u.k. soldier questions are mounting over britain's foreign policies fueling hate and potentially becoming an inspiration for attacks. in sweden hundreds of mass youths vandalized stores in school setting cars on fire across the capital in six precedented nights of rioting they were reportedly sparked by the police killing of a portuguese immigrant brandishing a nine. hundred fifty countries across the globe two million protest against an agricultural giant sounding the alarm over genetically modified products saying that endangering people's health and the environment. i do also this week self-defense president obama justifies the use of drones as part of

a just war against terror and a campaign that made america safer despite many feeling it's only made things worse . so i welcome you watching r.t. and our look back at the main stories of the week now police are pressing for answers as they investigate the murder of a u.k. soldier who was run over brutally slain in broad daylight in the middle of a london street the suspects detained after the attack remain in custody in hospital and three more were arrested in connection with the killing on saturday and while security is now being reviewed in the wake of the murder many believe it's the u.k.'s foreign policies that badly need to come under scrutiny as r.t. sarah ferguson reports. a flag at half mast a grizzly attack with

a machete style knife and a murdered soldier his death leaves behind a two year old son the seemingly behind this crease a max seeking to bring scenes of violence usually seen in war ravaged parts of the world to the london suburb of will it in a poignant interview r.t. spoke to an army officer who told us of the reaction among some in the armed forces to remain anonymous anger of the moment. not scared maybe scared you never get someone to. be scared i witness accounts of the precise attack details the men chanting is limited slogans as the body of soldier drama leverage to be a second battalion the royal regiment to use a live they only pleading they asked people to did a then if you listen to the words of the attackers themselves it's clear that they

will wish to bring the war which they saw prosecuted on the streets of baghdad and kabul to the streets of london to speaking at a press conference london mayor boris johnson okayed many senior political figures trying to distance this latest act of violence from the recent data seize exploits this is not a question of blaming the religion of islam it is certainly not a question of blaming any aspect of british foreign policy or what our british troops are do in operations abroad when they risk our lives on behalf of all of us the london mayor in charge at the time of the london two thousand and five bombings disagrees they are lying they are completely complicit with the united states policy to cite tony blair was with george bush they are prepared to stand and say well we think this strategy has been a disaster it has been just announced not just for the young man killed on the streets of london but for the hundreds of thousands of. people in afghanistan and

in iraq who've been killed a simple reality if you invade other people's countries they will come back it's one side of an argument but one that's going to be weighing heavily on many now that this has hit so close to home you feel less secure i think that's one of us. you think if we went out there that perhaps would be more space scope for al qaeda to produce these cells they'd be operate more within the u.k. because when we're out there we're constricted in space and not allowing them that freedom of maneuver out there and that means their base of operations over here is we both say the arguments from my youth because we're out there we're inspiring the more motivates in them our presence out there is sort of motivating the cells that back in the u.k. to operate more and carry out more attacks as the police investigation continues that deep sense of guilt and outrage from the local community here in southeast

london at that brutal attack and they sentiment echoed across the country as people struggle to come to terms with how a crime like that could happen here so our london the killing of the u.k. soldier allegedly carried out by islamic extremists has sparked anti muslim sentiment across the country more than a thousand rightwing protesters marched in the northern city of new cast and while in the south in portsmouth police arrested three men for a racially motivated assault as a crowd gathered near a local mosque a number of people have appeared before courts to around the country over alleged racist incidents u.k. prime minister david cameron labeled the village killing as the betrayal of islam but it was actually carried out by the same kind of people who supporting in war torn syria so says british m.p. george galloway. this was a grotesque and sickening madara involving either the attempt or the

successful beheading of someone by fanatic extremists the sort of thing that happens in syria every day except sometimes they even cut out the heart and the liver of the deceased and eat it on video for the entertainment of the brothers in the buttocks afterwards and britain is helping to pay for the sickening barbarism in syria but when it comes close to home happens on our own streets by the same kind of people these people influenced by the mindset are exactly the same kind of people that we are paying for arming giving all kinds of war material and budgeting to give them more in syria and so i simply asked david cameron as i have asked him before in parliament if he would bring the key differences between the shopping

throat cutting fanatics that we saw in woolwich and the hand chopping throat cutting fanatics were giving money and weapons to in syria and i similar attack a french soldier has been stabbed in the neck while he was patrolling a business area in a neighborhood of paris twenty three year old was injured as the unknown man attacked him from behind with a knife or a box cutter police say according to the c.c.t.v. footage the suspect is tall beaded aged about thirty five and wearing a white arab star cine and is possibly of north african origin activists and journalists and dan thinks no matter who's behind the attack it says the interests of those who want to undermine islam. these type of attacks plays into the strength to do your the state to promote a false sense of islam so then is done so what people of the masses around the world can see wrongly as islam is a disgusting version of the face and in so doing criminalizes all muslims around

the world and then they use these groups in asia to conduct the stabilisation of the french can go in pretending to be the neutral arbitrators bringing peace and stability this is a big game or theater smoke and mirrors that really has to be distracted from a position that is opposing western hegemony as part of the state strategy is to make sure that everyone is pointing fingers at everyone but the actual arbitrators of the economic crisis of police corruption of a unjust and immoral foreign policy i.e. those in power in france six nights of riots in a country listed as the best governed in the world sweden's police say the violence in stockholm has now been curbed all the dozens of cars were still torched imports it was almost a week of writing with mass protests as vandalizing the city and their anger is fueled by unemployment and poverty among immigrants who feel they are being pushed to the edge of society to all of the reports. nice neat and normal

not the type of place you would expect to see this. speak on the outskirts of stockholm the epicenter of sweden's issues with race and that's bubbling over in sweden you get welfare you get access to the education system up to university level you get access to public transport to libraries to health care to everything and still they feel that they need to throw stones a molotov cocktails it's ridiculous it's a bad excuse the violence in the peaceful city become a political football the swedish democrats are exploiting these events they make it all about immigration to suit their needs they see being anti immigrant as being pro-choice. for the past week stone throwing in car burning become the norm in this part of town known for its high unemployment predominantly immigrant population all sparked after a sixty nine year old man was gunned down by police while brandishing

a knife that let loose a barrage of emotions it's the state what it creates the type of guess who is ation of men but then we've everyone from abroad into these parts of town when it comes to unemployment sweden is below the average however almost one quarter of under twenty five out of work prompting some to say it's time for further action saying a lack of control by government has led them to the situation the police can put the write down in five minutes if the politicians were to allow them although swedes defer over what caused this week's violence they are in agreement that it's government policy that must be changed to avoid scenes like this being repeated on the streets of stockholm peter all over r.t. sweden. well recent studies have shown up to a third of people aged between sixteen and twenty nine in the poorest areas of sweden's big cities are neither in work or studying and the gap between the rich

and the poll is growing rapidly. from the swedish democratic party says the government should create more jobs before inviting more immigrants to sweden. you know. you know. more on the kind of things are happening now so. crime go to rise so go and use. murder. so first and foremost there is a need to her very realistic immigration policy which means there whether there are so many of your very little oh some arrests. immigration policy and that is. my view there are just people saying this isn't my who are going to

park their human ground war they're. wrong in wyoming more and more. two million people across fifty countries have been protesting against the agricultural biotech giant monsanto according to rally organizes activists claim the corporation's monopolizing the food market and its genetically modified products can lead to serious health and environmental problems the company itself insists its products are safe and help conserve resources artes and to see children it was one of the protests in new york. throughout the world and in dozens of cities across the united states weekend of action against monsanto takes place where in the heart of the protests in the big apple were hundreds of people have been marching through the streets of the city demanding that monsanto put an end to its action the corporate giant the biotech

global giant has been very controversial its existence for over a century accused of genetically engineered and genetically modified food culture and food accused of turning a blind eye on the health consequences of the food that it produces had also of immense lobbying powers that it has in washington d.c. for one accused of sleeping in the same bed really with politicians blocking any kind of legislation that would make life for money how months and to more difficult and promoting and pushing through legislation that protects the rights of this biotech giant these companies are manipulating the food chain to their own advantage for monetary gain this is a few people making a lot of money and we deserve to have better than that there may be no way to fully tackle the machine and even vote which monsanto mud santo in the government award

we have a supreme court justice who is a lawyer for the month sent to a corporation how much independence do we have really in our government all of these people that have come out onto the streets according to our estimates throughout the world it's hundreds of thousands of people protesting this weekend in global marches against monsanto what they're demanding is a labeling of g m o's and also demanding further scientific research into genetically engineered genetically modified products and food and what they're hoping is that these big corporations such as monsanto at least begin to have less power and the voice of the people is heard that legislators begin to. stand what it is that people want especially in the united states where any kind of significant legislation against monsanto has traditionally been blocked by legislators and associates you're going to see new york. today in r.t. we are taking an in-depth look at genetically modified foods with our two part

feature on the iconic chili pepper as an example of the potential dangers of the frankenfood trend and you can watch part one at nine thirty g.m.t. . some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total struction of the culture of mexico by telling them what i mean this is not going to impact a swelling in mexico whatever happens here throughout the whole world now we're eating out our products in the in the know in a in all the ordinance or. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. that's a bit later on and still to come this hour press under duress we look at the

growing concerns i have the media freedoms in the us after the government seizes the records of associated press i'm folks news reporters and the war on terror i get to fight with president obama if you use his national anti-terrorist baccy defending i was seized during warfare as legal and necessary that is coming up after a quick break and. we'll do the truth out of sight but still on our minds from the still exceeds the norm let's try to live smarter smartphones you never know what some people are hiding things can't be sure to prove guilt to the molecular level learned that what the doctor ordered is often based on secrets under our skin let us shine the light on a kid in a world. we've got the future of coverage. that

weekly now on thursday president obama ordered a review of the justice department's investigations of associated press and fox news reports is the government says it sees their records over concerns that they are leaking classified security information but there are increasing phase press

freedoms are under threat with the u.s. government preferring secrecy over the public's right to know rina porter has this report. he's the australian wiki leaks founder holed up in the ecuadorian embassy on u.k. soil and across the atlantic members of the american press corps are learning what it feels like to receive the julian a songe treatment the justice department subpoenaed and obtained the telephone records of the associated press over a two month period without any notice think about the harm done to the a.p. here you know object of interest to intimidate people who talk to reporters the department of justice wasn't just targeting the associated press apparently it also went after fox news reporter our very own james rosen what you've got here is a situation where somehow now journalism has been criminalized dozens of journalists have been secretly investigated by the justice department for reporting on national security issues government officials secretly obtained reporters' phone

logs and personal e-mails trying to find out who leaked classified information to the press even if you side with this president over those of us in the media who challenge him and his administration it is important to remember the president these action set going forward perhaps when it's not your guy in the white house the guy currently residing in the white house has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all other administrations combined and now experts say u.s. news outlets are being persecuted just like wiki leaks has been the obama administration has. taken in the executive branch powers have been kimmitt dating the free press from under the bush administration and exponentially multiplied them addressing the nation this week the us president said journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs but leakers will pay the price i believe we must keep information secret that protects our operations and our people in the field to do so we must

enforce consequences for those who break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information however some think the lines are becoming increasingly blurred this is the first time. you know a national security act has been used to get reporters i mean that really is frightening to try to because it's usually used to get leakers so if they bomb a ministration or looses justice department thanks laws to good journalists because they're coconspirators i mean honestly that's one of the worst things i've come across and all the years i've been doing this the new yorker magazine has pulled a page from wiki leaks to protect those who want to share something the u.s. government doesn't want revealed it launched an open source dropbox where people can send leaked documents and messages without their identities ever being known

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . well president obama insists jinnah should not be at legal risk for doing their job but those who break the rule by leaking government secrets should be punished greg paid as the from the report his committee for freedom of the press says the government's attempts to protect itself should not intrude on constitutional rights they obviously have

a very strong interest in protecting their information and we've always counted on the justice department to balance that interest against the first amendment rights of the reporters and it's that ability to balance that that's been called into question by the events of the last couple of weeks we feel that most journalists can make the careful determination of when some confidential information is newsworthy and something that the public has a right to see and they can balance that against the risk of any damage that might be caused by the release of it i think most journalists if they knew the information would truly be damaging would be willing to hold back or you know report less of it or accommodate those security interests not some of the stories making news around the world at this hour the rockets have hit a hezbollah district of the lebanese capital beirut leaving at least five people injured according to reports little information has been disclosed about the attack but one source says the rockets with five from if that on mind lebanon some fifteen

kilometers away it comes back to the lebanese hezbollah promised victory and support to ally assad munching the u.s. and israel for their position in the conflict. police in portland in the u.s. have charged a teenage boy with attempted aggravated murder and numerous counts or possessing possessing explosive devices grant accord was arrested on thursday night after police were tipped off that he intended to blow up his high school investigators found at least six different bombs in a secret compartment in a cold bedroom including and the explosive napalm device as well as a written plan of attack the teen is reported to have idolized the nine hundred ninety nine columbine high school attack in which fifteen died. tens of thousands marched in the portuguese capital is going on saturday is ongoing sterrett and rising unemployment continues to pit citizens against the government police had to

block protesters from reaching the presidential palace as they demanded the government's resignation the current three has been hard hit by the euro zone crisis and is struggling to do the ongoing financial to more despite tax hikes and welfare cuts. this week president obama unveiled a new face to the war on terror while speaking about america's national defense policies he defended drone strikes as legal and necessary this after the obama administration for the first time acknowledged that four american citizens have been killed in counterterrorism drone strikes since two thousand and nine author and activist david swanson believes the use of drones only serves as a recruiting tool for even more terrorists. he claims that he is going to further limit his murder by drone program including applying these arbitrary criteria met in secret by himself to his own satisfaction to non americans at

least in certain countries countries other than afghanistan and yet he's not provided publicly any documentation of the claims he's made thus far i mean if if he would rather have captured ardmore locky why did he not indict him with with any criminal charges or provide any evidence to anyone that he was guilty of any criminal act this is this is not transparency and if these reforms and limitations are needed on this program then what of the conduct of this program here too for is it not as criminal and abusive as it appears while warning the war on terror will stretch on indefinitely obama has for the second time in five years promised to try to shut down guantanamo bay the us president said he's lifting his own mower torrie him on transferring detainees to yemen this is the

notorious camp is being caught in a massive hunger strike for nearly four months more than one hundred of the hundred sixty six prisoners that accompany protesting against indefinite detention and inhumane treatment the majority of them remain held without charge one for my god at the prison says his guantanamo experience has psychologically scarred him. some of the some of the tactics that i saw practice in guantanamo i just never really want to wish to relive again omar cotter and a number of other detainees they were privileged to something we called the frequent flyer program or even essentially moved them every two hours whether removing them from camp delta camp echo or moving them from bravo block to charlie block be it a little move or a big move the idea is that every two hours they would be moved and they wouldn't be able to sleep this was essentially thought to wear down their psyche and make them more. probable to give up information during interrogation the only reason the

detainees are being force fed is that the the u.s. military or rather the powers that be are scared that these men have enough conviction to to literally starve to death and they know that if these men do starve to death it will make the u.s. look bad in the global perspective as it stands right now they've wasted so many millions of dollars of taxpayer money in one hundred but if you just devoted another four hundred fifty million i think that's just perfect evidence right there there's no intention to close up where the. in a couple of minutes that technology brings us up to speed on those machines which come a glimpse of what lies beneath the surface. paranoia

and zero tolerance policies strikes yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for making gun noises or playing with toy guns involves the son of a u.s. marine who had the audacity as a child to use his imagination and p. pretended his pencil was our gun bang children imitate what they see in every t.v. channel and in many video games kids are going to see a lot of guns in fact the boy at that moment was admirably pretending to be just like his father a us marine you know guns kind of come with that job description rather than complain you all again about the obvious idiocy of zero tolerance policies against children playing let me give one suggestion to actually help fix the problem there are so many teachers and school administrators across america that i bet many of you know one of them try talking them about the madness of zero tolerance a lot of people do things just because they were told to or they never thought about it before so please dear friends try to get teachers you know to actually

think about it i can complain on t.v. all day long but one conversation from a friend or relative really could change many people's minds maybe but that's just my opinion.